The Walking Dead 7.15 "Something They Need" (spoiler alert)

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A group of Alexandrians embark on a journey to a distant community; and one group member must make a heartbreaking decision.

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1. some articles from the past week

http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/03/the_walking_dead_has_to_make_a.html

http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/03/26/tv-tonight-the-walking-dead-features-a-treacherous-journey/

http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/the-walking-dead-sasha-sonequa-martin-green-1202011542/

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/the-walking-dead-length-seasons-20-years-a7650431.html

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2. a few memes from this past week

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3. a few more articles

Sasha's big moment last episode:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2017/03/26/the-walking-dead-really-misplayed-its-big-sasha-moment/#377ed99944ee

teasing Sasha's fate
http://www.inquisitr.com/4093290/the-walking-dead-boss-teases-sashas-fate-as-daryl-faces-redemption/

Will Oceanside team up with Team Rick?
http://comicbook.com/thewalkingdead/2017/03/26/the-walking-dead-will-oceanside-help-rick/

Norm Reedus has exaggerated before...
http://ew.com/tv/2017/03/23/norman-reedus-walking-dead-season-finale-braveheart/

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4. Only about 35 minutes to go

to Something They Need

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5. So far this season has been a waste, I read their

ratings have tanked too.

[NewJeffCT]

6. It's been up and down

The first half had some great moments, but they were moments in 8 hours of TV. The second half has done some good build up to the big war to come, I think.

[Solly Mack]

7. I'm watching.

Just tired of all the dying. Odd to say, I know.

Tired of the good people dying. I think I'm going through a phase.


If Eugene isn't acting and is all in with the Saviors, though - I'm OK with him dying. He wouldn't be one of the good guys.

[NewJeffCT]

8. I think Eugene goes to the flow

I think he feels safe and needed with Negan and his crew. Just like he was safe in Alexandria until Negan came along

[Solly Mack]

10. Yeah, but that comes with a price.

Especially when he already knows Rick will be fight sooner or later. He's been around Rick long enough to know Rick always fights.

[NewJeffCT]

9. Rick and team headed to Oceanside

The woman in charge there was tough - might be difficult road to hoe

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11. David was short lived

on the show - gets a head butt from Sasha and then executed by Negan

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12. Negan seems to like Sasha

and her "beachball sized lady nuts"

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14. Sasha is playing Eugene.

Do you think Eugene is smart enough to see it, the way that he figured out the ladies who wanted the poison?

[Baitball Blogger]

15. HA! I'm clairvoyant!

Sort of. Sasha gets the pills to help her commit suicide.

[MosheFeingold]

25. She wasn't serious

She wanted a weapon.

[Baitball Blogger]

29. It was obvious she was playing him and obvious she was dissapointed she got

the pills.

Very expressive actress.

[NewJeffCT]

13. Gregory is pretty lame

needs the pregnant Maggie to save his ass - twice

[Baitball Blogger]

16. It was Dwight!

Rosita connected with Dwight. Will Rick let him in?

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17. So, what happened

Dwight comes up behind Rosita, but back in Alexandria, Dwight ended up in the jail cell?

[Baitball Blogger]

19. He saw an opportunity, I think. Or, Rosita has a gun and he only had a

crossbow.

[Solly Mack]

18. If Eugene survives the coming battle, there is no way I'd ever trust him again.

I don't care what he does to redeem himself, if anything.

As soon as someone comes along that he the thinks can better protect him, you'd have to worry how quick he will turn on you.

Yeah, he's a coward and yeah, that's his nature.

But then Gregory is only acting out his nature. As is Negan. So, if I am to excuse Eugene his nature... (and I'm not)

I don't think Sasha swallowed the pill. Not yet anyway. But she did tell Eugene that she can't help Negan hurt their friends. Something Eugene doesn't have any problem doing. Fortifying the walkers by plating them in metal is helping Negan and making any assault harder to accomplish.

Negan said he knew Rick was up to something. Who told him? Dwight? Eugene? Spies we haven't seen yet?

Dwight hates Negan so...and in the comics. Well, if you've read them you know.

Gregory didn't like it when the worker called Maggie "Boss Lady".

I think the women who want to fight should just leave with Rick and his group.

I think Dwight went back with Rosita and she told him he had to sit in the cell until Rick's return. Good faith measure ad all that...and better to be safe than sorry.

Dwight could very well have been stunned to see someone from Rick's group so close to the compound and in that second Rosita got the drop on him. But then Dwight could easily have wanted to talk to Rick anyway, so being her prisoner was OK with him.

I dunno.

I appreciate Negan's punishment for rape except I think if you force women to be your "wife" for better treatment that you are also a rapist. It's still all coercion. Fear is fear. A threat is a threat. Negan is a rapist and by his own laws, should be put to death.

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20. wtf is this Negan the gentleman shit?

The Oceanside part made the only sense - they needed those guns

wasting half the show at Hilltop watching Maggie dig up a shrub? I dont care

I know, they gonna save every big moment for next week's finale, then stuff it all in the last 20 min

well, most of it, I expect more cliffhangers

[MosheFeingold]

26. Re: wtf is this Negan the gentleman shit?

A "great" dictator is like this: handing out boons with one hand and punishments with the other.

For instance, Hitler liked dogs and had great social programs. He made the trains run on time. Very personable, clever, and funny.

Negan is the same, writ small.

[Solly Mack]

21. What if the "little birdie" who told Negan was trash heap leader?

[NewJeffCT]

22. that could be a possibility

would suck for Rick and crew, too.

[Solly Mack]

23. Yeah :(

But if Dwight got some of the Saviors to turn then it might even out.

[NewJeffCT]

24. Just having one Savior

on the inside could make a huge difference

[MosheFeingold]

27. My biggest beef

Is the use of fully automatic weapons to kill walkers in a time of ammunition shortage.

Full auto is for suppressive fire, or at least it was 70 years ago when I had personal knowledge about such things. It also makes a precise shot (i.e., the head) much harder, as the weapon jerks around.

[NewJeffCT]

28. I was thinking along those lines last night, too

they had enough people there that swords, axes, machetes, etc could have handled the walkers...bullets for high powered automatic weapons are an ever dwindling commodity.